(Un)ruly relationalities : Navigating mobility rules in the Italian asylum system

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Castellano, Viola:
(Un)ruly relationalities : Navigating mobility rules in the Italian asylum system.
In: Focaal. (2024) Issue 99 . - pp. 68-81.
ISSN 1558-5263
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3167/fcl.2024.990106

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Abstract in another language

In this article, I discuss the interplay between the formal and informal mobility rules regulating migration, asylum, and reception regimes in Italy. Engaging with the blurred grounds generated by mobility rules in practice, I argue that the (ir)regular functioning of bureaucracies of asylum and its gray zones created systemic injustice, while also accidentally fostering what I call a “relational mycelium” and support networks between the migrant and non-migrant population. The contribution dialogues with my former experience as reception worker and later as researcher with that of a group of Gambian asylum seekers to understand how subjectivities, goals, hopes, and desires were invested and reshaped through the asylum system, and by the relational networks developed in reception facilities.

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Item Type:	Article in a journal
Refereed:	Yes
Keywords:	asylum seekers; asylum workers; Gambia; informality; mobility; subjectivity; relationality
Institutions of the University:	Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Chair Social and Cultural Anthropology Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Chair Social and Cultural Anthropology > Chair Social and Cultural Anthropology - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Katharina Schramm
Result of work at the UBT:	Yes
DDC Subjects:	300 Social sciences
Date Deposited:	08 Oct 2024 06:59
Last Modified:	08 Oct 2024 06:59
URI:	https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/90592